In 1968, the United States and Soviet Union agreed on a draft of a nuclear non-proliferation treaty.

In 1990, a Los Angeles jury in the nation's longest criminal trial acquitted Raymond Buckey, 31, and his mother, Peggy McMartin Buckey, 63, on 52 charges of molestation of students at the McMartin Pre-School.

Also in 1990, Washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry was arrested in an FBI sting at a downtown hotel and charged with buying and smoking crack cocaine.

In 1991, Eastern Airlines stopped flying and said it would liquidate its assets. The announcement followed a two-year effort to escape bankruptcy.

In 1993, seven people were killed and nearly 70 more injured when two commuter trains collided on a bridge in Gary, Ind.

In 1994, Iran-Contra independent counsel Lawrence Walsh issued his final report on the scandal. He blasted former President Bush for his Christmas Eve 1992 pardons of six Iran-Contra defendants.

In 1995, officials in Paris announced the discovery of a magnificent display of Paleolithic cave art in southern France.

In 1996, Lisa Marie Presley, the daughter of "The King" Elvis Presley, filed for divorce from Michael Jackson after 20 months of marriage, citing irreconcilable difference.

Iin 1997, Norwegian Borge Ousland completed a 1,675-mile trek across Antarctica, the first time anyone transversed the continent alone.

In 2001, civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson admitted he had fathered a daughter born out of wedlock in 1999 to an employee of his Rainbow/PUSH coalition.

In 2002, in another anti-terrorist step ordered by Congress, U.S. airlines began inspecting every piece of luggage checked by passengers.

In 2003, protesters nationwide demonstrated in opposition to possible war in Iraq.

In 2004, at least 23 people were reported killed when a powerful car bomb exploded in Baghdad. No Americans were listed among the dead.

A thought for the day: it was Jeff Pesis who defined hardware as "the parts of a computer that can be kicked."